Having A Cow

The winners of the 2015 Westie Awards turned out last Wednesday. Feb. 18 for a reception that brought together community leaders, local government leaders, civil rights leaders, business leaders, volunteers, and educators. The reception was held at Gala Desserts in...

Replacing Riley

The local organization Seniors of West Ashley will host an early-election season Charleston Mayoral Forum Sunday, March 8 at 3:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, located at 1645 Raoul Wallenberg Blvd. County Councilmember Colleen Condon, who represents West...

Mug Shots

The following were taken from actual incident reports filed last week by the City of Charleston Police Department. These are not convictions and the names of businesses, complainants, and suspects have been left off to protect the innocent. All suspects are  innocent...

A Treasure Trove of Stories

The Dec. 19 West Ashley Flashback column was a random collection of questions, bits and pieces of stories, and perspectives from my research of the modern 20th century history of St. Andrew’s Parish. The last sentence of this column read: “One liners or paragraphs?...

Better Than They Have To Be

After several weeks and dozens of nominations — each one worthy of recognition — the West Of editorial department again had the daunting task of selecting 15 folks who sacrificed their time and energy to make West Ashley a better place to live, work, and play in 2014....

Christmas Burglars Busted

DNA extracted from evidence recovered at the scene of a burglary at a Locksley Drive residence on Christmas Day 2013 have led to the arrest of one suspect late last month, while the second suspect was nabbed recently by City of Charleston Police officers. The evidence...

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